Ongoing Research Projects

IPAR-Rwanda in collaboration with Palladium Ikiraro cy’Iterambere is implementing a research project on “Information flows in decision making” from the citizens to the local authorities and vice versa. The project takes Girinka and Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) as a case study.

The objective of the research project is to assess channels of communication for effective citizen participation in the planning, budgeting, design, monitoring and evaluation, feed-back and reform of policy and service delivery in relation to Girinka and Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme. An information Technology tool consisting of a web-based application and a mobile based application has been developed to be used in data collection. A pilot study has been conducted in Gasabo District in the City of Kigali and preliminary findings are expected to be ready in mid this month. This will pave way for a full research which will start mid-June and will be carried out in ten districts across the country.

The current study builds on the evidence from a previous study on citizen participation in decision making which suggested that some information shared by the citizens does not reach the decision makers and/or decision makers do not provide feedback on the messages they receive from the citizens.

For more details, inquire from : i.byaruhanga@ipar-rwanda.org

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IPAR-Rwanda is the leading independent, not-for-profit research and policy analysis Think Tank in Rwanda. It became fully functional in 2008 with the support of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) with initial start up support from the Government of Rwanda. We conduct research in a wide range of areas but our focus areas include : Agriculture, Rural Development and Settlements, Social Development, Governance, Economic Growth and Transformation, Environment and Natural Resources Management.